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Extract 9: Is truth relative? A Dialogue between Socrates and Protagoras
IS TRUTH RELATIVE? (A dialogue between Socrates and Protagoras) Protagoras: Truth is relative. It is only a matter of opinion. Socrates:…
Read MoreExtract 3: Omnipotence, God and the heavy stone
Power without self-contradiction Source: enjoyinggodministries.com Can God do anything and everything? Certain medieval theologians and later philosophers such as Rene Descartes argued…
Read MoreExtract 4: Omniscience
Omniscience In this extract God’s omniscience is defined and considered by two scientists. For the full article, click here. God’s omniscience…
Read MoreExtract 2: McInery on Aquinas and Omnipotence
Click here for a very clear article on Aquinas and Peter Geach’s responce to Aquinas by Ralph McInery a notable Aquinas…
Read MoreExtract 1: Omnipotence
Omnipotence Source: Catholic Encylopaedia Omnipotence is the power of God to effect whatever is not intrinsically impossible. These last words of…
Read MoreArticle: Augustine and Boethius
The nature of God's foreknowledge (one of his attributes, that eh knows what we do before we do it) is discussed…
Read MoreExtract 4: Descartes Argument Meditation 5
Summary of Meditation 5 Summary Of Descartes’ Argument Having proved God exists and is not a deceiver, Descartes turns next to…
Read MoreExtract 1: RM Hare considers the principle of ends
Is Kantian ethics compatible with utilitarianism? Sorting Out Ethics R.M.Hare pages 153-5 RM Hare argues in this extract that much…
Read MoreExtract 5: Paul Ramsey on love and justice
Joseph Fletcher quotes Paul Ramsey's Basic Christian Ethics in a number of places, calling it " a brilliant exposition of the…
Read MoreExtract 4: The Grand Inquisitor
Joseph Fletcher mentions the Grand Inquisitor in his book Situation Ethics. "It is Ivan's story to Alyosha about the terrible burden…
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